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About Obesity
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Obsesity is a World-wide Epidemic Disease
In 1998, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report entitled
"Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic", which classified
obesity as a growing epidemic. According to WHO and Center for
Disease Control (CDC), nearly one third of adults
(61 million) in United States and over 300 million adults worldwide are considered obese. The number of severely overweight
adults is predicted to be more than doubled by the year 2025.
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Obesity Definition:
Obesity specifically
refers to having an abnormally high proportion of body fat.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is an international standard for measuring both
overweight and obesity in adults.
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Obesity Related Disease:
In
addition to obese individuals suffering social discrimination and an
impaired quality of life, obesity has been associated with increased risk
of life-threatening diseases, including
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US surgeon
General warning
... A failure to address overweight
and obesity ＾could wipe out some of the gains we¨ve made
in areas such as heart disease, several forms of cancer, and other chronic
health problems.￣ ...
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